Date of Birth: January 16th, 1977
Place of Birth: Arbon, Switzerland
Contact Address
ETH-Zentrum
Prof. Ivo F. Sbalzarini
Institut f. Computational Science
CAB H 68 Universitätstrasse 6
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41 44 632 63 44
Fax: +41 44 632 15 62
E-Mail: ivos@ethz.ch; ivos@medils.hr
Ivo F. Sbalzarini is Assistant Professor for Computational Science at ETH Zurich since April 2006. He is currently heading a research group in computational biophysics.
Ivo Sbalzarini is a Swiss citizen and was born in 1977 in Arbon, Switzerland. During 1997-2002 he studied Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zurich, with majors in computational science and control. In 2002 he received his diploma in Mechanical Engineering, which was awarded the Willi Studer Prize. Between 2002 and 2006, Ivo Sbalzarini was a PhD student with the Institute of Computational Science at ETH Zurich, where he significantly contributed to establishing the close collaboration between Biology and Computational Science at ETH Zurich. In early 2006, he received his PhD in Computer Science under the supervision of Professor Petros Koumoutsakos. His thesis work was awarded the prestigious Chorafas Prize for 2006.
Ivo Sbalzarini intermediately stayed at the NASA Ames Research Center, USA (2000), at the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University, USA (2002), and at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, USA (2005).
His research focuses on analysis, modeling, and simulation of complex real-world systems, particularly from cell biology. In close collaboration with groups in biology, he develops methods and software for image processing, machine learning, numerical simulations, and large-scale parallel computing. These methods and tools are then used to forward our understanding of the working mechanisms in live cells.
Ivo Sbalzarini is a member of the governing board of the Technical Society of Zurich (TGZ) and a member of the Project Group “Swiss National Strategic Plan for High Performance Computing and Networking”.